Manchester City hosts Dinamo Zagreb in round 2 of the Champions League group stage. The match will be played on Tuesday, October 1st at Etihad Stadium (Manchester)
It would not be right to call Manchester’s group even a resort since people get tired at the resort even more than in matches with such rivals. The Citizens got three weak opponents who have nothing to do in the Champions League! They didn’t even sweat out with Shakhtar in the first round (3-0), and now they will meet another profitable team from Croatia. And for dessert, an Italian upstart is waiting for Guardiola's men. In general, such a quartet allows City, if desired, to set some kind of scoring records. Well, the players may try to write down their names in the history of the tournament, as the best scorers. The Citizens are not going to slow down after the perfect latest results, and they will surely continue to grind everyone in a row!
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The Croatian team gained an unexpected score in the first round, having beaten Italian Atalanta (4-0). Specialists did not see anything super sensational in this, since the Italian team played its debut game in the strongest tournament of the planet and frankly burned out, which happens very often with newcomers. Of course, the merit of Zagreb in such a convincing victory is great. But you shouldn’t overestimate the Croatian champion. More recently, this team set the Champions League anti-records (according to the highest transmittance), having received more than two dozen goals at the group stage. And the situation in the local championship shows that things are not great now. The men of Nenad Belica barely beat the outsiders of the championship of Croatia (1-0, 2-1) and lose in two of their three previous rounds of the championship. So, there are all prerequisites for the fact that after the 4-0 victory in the first round, the Croatian team will already be defeated with about the same score in the second round.
Everything depends on Manchester City. If they want, they will do the same with the Croats as they did with Watford in the Premier League, bombing it with an 8-0 score. But it’s unlikely that it will come to this. The Citizens have a tight schedule, and they are unlikely to spend much effort in the upcoming game. Therefore, a- 2.5 handicap is the most logical option.
Prediction for the match: Manchester City to win with -2.5 handicap
